Cabinet for sound-reproducing machines.



A. E. MADISON. CABINET FOR SOUND REPRODUGING MACHINES.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 10, 1908.

Patented Jan.'11,191 0.

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ARTHUR' E. MADISON, OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

,Application file-November 10, 1908. Serial No. 461,894.

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Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. MADISON,

a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing atV Santa Barbara, in the county of Santa Barbara and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets for Sound-Reproducin Machines, of which the following 1s a. speci cation.

This invention has reference td a cabinet,

for sound reproducing machines, and particularly contemplates the provision of a collapsible or foldable horn or sound amplifier,

which forms a part of the cabinet.

. One of the objects of this invention is to provide a cabinet for sound reproducin machines with a self-contained sound orn,

vwhich, forming a unit withthe cabinet, is

capable of being concealed from view, thus rendering the cabinet conveniently portable,

eliminating the necessity of a separate horn,

and removing all liability of injury to the horn. 4

Another object of this invention is to provide a cabinet for soundv reproducing machines having a self contained horn, which may be opened to its fullest extent or only to a limited extent whereby to obtain a modu view, showlng the invention as applied.

Fig. 2, is a perspective view showing t e lids and the lateral door in o en position. Fig. 3, is a perspective view dliowmg the invention as applied to a cabinet, the horn being shown in open position. Fig. 4, is a perspective view showing a cabinet with the lids closed. Fig. 5, is a s ide elevation showing the sound reproducing box, the two lids in open position, and the interposed collapsible horn. Fig. 6, is a front elevation, showing the open position of the lids, and the open position of the lateral door, by means of which the records and needles may be changed. Fi 7, is al sectional elevation, showing the 11d and the horn attached thereto only partly open, the cabinet or motorcontaining box being shownv in fragment.

Fig. 8, is a sectional view, showingd the internosed foldable horn in closed position.`

Specically referring to the drawings, 1,

designa-tes abox for the sound-reprpducing machine 2.

3 is a lid hinged at 4, to one side of the Patented Jan. 11, 1910.

box 1, vand 5, designates another lid v at 6, to said lid 3. Interposed between said lids 3 and 5, is a sidewise collapsiblexor foldable horn or sound ampliiier' 7, fastened in any suitable manner to said lids 3 and 5,

Communication is adorded between the horn 7, and the tone arm 8, by a tube 9, which extends into an .openingv provided therefor in the lid 3, asseen in Figs. 2,' .5, 6 and 7, and which projects on the underside of said lid 3, to a suificient distance to c011- veniently fit into the terminus 10 of the tone arm 8.

The provision of a tube for" transmittin the sounds from the tone arm tothe soun horn or amplier,'is not an absolute requisite, but has been employed and shown .in

the present instance merely to illustrate a,

means for readily causing thedirect travel of sound vibrations tothe horn. It is, how# ever, obvious, that the terminus ofthe tone arm may be in direct communication with the horn, without the inter osition of any means to carry the sounds rom the record to the horn.

`which horn or sound ampliier tapers rearwardly toward the rear of both lids.

In order to permit of the easy access to v the interior of the box 1, I rovide a' lateral -door 11, arranged to swing outwardly beneath the lid 3, and to cause the simultaneous opening of the-said lateral door 11, with the reversely hinged lids 3 and 5` I provide links 12, on the said door 'and the lid 3, which linksv are joined together'by a pivot pin 13. To permit of the travel of said links a trifie beyond the point of dead center, a lug 14 is provided on one of the links, and in this manner the links form a rigid support for holding open the lids 3 and 5 and the door 11.

ldesignates a means in the nature of a curved rod, pivoted to the underside of the lid 5 and arranged to hold Asaidlid 5 open relatively to said lid 3. It is provided with teeth 16, which are arranged to engage the lid 3, whereby to regulate the extent to which the collapsiblev or foldable horn may be opened, and also to retain the lid 5 in its adjusted posit-ion. Thus by regulating the size of the opening -of the horn, the sounds emanating from'the tone arm may oe considerably modulated according to desire.

The 'Collapsible or foidabie hom 7, as

be emplnoyed' in connection with this invention, without departing from the spirit thereof.

- When the invention is embodied in a non- ,portable or stationary cabinet, as shown in Figs. 8 and 4, it is obvious that the same may be conveniently used as a table by closing the lids, thereby removing the horn.

What I claim, is:

1. A cabinet for sound reproducing machines andthe like, having a lid provided with a horn, said horn being arranged to be expanded and collapsed by said lid.

2. A cabinet for sound reproducing" machines and the like having two lids and a horn secured to both of said lids and arranged to be opened and closed with one of said lids. 3. A cabinet for sound reproducing machines and the like, having a lid, and a foldable horn connected with said lid and said cabinet, and arranged to be Aopened and closed with said lid.

4. A cabinet for sound reproducing machines and the like, comprising a box' having two lids, and a foldable horn interposed between and connected with said lids.

5. A cabinet for sound reproducing machines and the like, comprising a box havy ing two lids, one of said lids having communicat-ion with the interior of theV cabinet, and-a foldable horn interposed between said lids and arran ed to be opened and closed by one of said 1i s.

6. A cabinet for sound reproducing machines and the like, comprising a box having reversely hinged lids, and a foldable horn interposed therebetween.

7. A cabinet for sound reproducing Inachines and the like, comprising a box having reversely hinged lids, a foldable horn interposedv between said lids arranged to be opened and closed by one of said lids, and a eaaaaa said boX, a foldable horn interposed betweenl` said lids and arranged to be opened and 'closed by one-of said lids, communicating meansbetween said foldable horn and the tone arm of such sound reproducing machine, said means being connectedY with one of said lids, and means connected with one of said lids and said lateral door, to open said lateral door simultaneously with said lids..

9. A cabinet for sound reproducing machines and the like comprising a box having reversely hinged lids, a foldable horn interposed vbetweenand connected with said lids, and means to hold the lids in `open position.

10. A cabinet for sound reproducing machines and the like comprising a box having lids arranged to openin different directions, a foldable horn inter osed between and conA nected with said li s said horn being arranged to be expanded and collapsed by one of said lids, and means to hold one of said lids open relatively to the other.

11. A cabinet for sound reproducing machines and the like having two lids opening in diiierent directions relatively to each other, one of said lids having communication with the interior of the cabinet,-and a foldable horn connected with and interposed between said lids.

12. Asound reproducing machine cabinet having two lids provided with a plurality of segmental strips secured'to said lids and forming a horn, said stripsbeing adapted to be expanded and collapsed by one of said lids.

13. In combination with a cabinet for sound reproducing machines and the like havin a lid, a plurality of hinged segmenta strips connected with said lid and said cabinetvand forming a horn, said horn being arranged to be opened and closed by said lid.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

y ARTHUR E. MADISON. Witnesses.:

ANTON GLOETZNER, Jr., JOSEPH J. PERKINS. 

